Loop-fastening for whips



(No Model.)

H. MULLEN & ^J.NOBLE, J1.

LOUP PASTENING POR WHIPS.

No. 274,641. Patented Mar. 27,1883.

fvmllll UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRYl MULLEN AND JAMES NOBLE, J R., OF WESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

LOOP-FASTENING FOR WHIPS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,641, dated March27, 1883.

' Application filed December 6, 1882. (No model.)

To all 'whom t may concern Beit known that we, HENRY MULLEN and JAMESNOBLE, Jr., citizens of the United States, residing at Westfield, in thecounty of Hampden and State of Massachusetts, have invented new anduseful Improvements in Loop-Fastenings for Whips, of which the fol#vlowing is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in 1oopfastening devices forwhip-stocks, the object being to provide a whip having animprovedloop-fastening, consisting of a braidcovered ferrule, having said braidfolded into each end of saidrferrule, and of a suitable loop andloop-fastening plug, as hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings forming part of this speciieation, Figure I is a view,partly in longitudinal section, of a lash-loop combined with fasteningdevices embodying our invention. Fig. II is a side elevation, includinga section of the end of a Whip-stock, showing the relation of the parts.Fig. III is a transverse section on the line y y, Fig. 1I. The sectionshown in Fig. I is about on the line .fr w, Fig. II.

In the drawings, a is the loop. d is a tube. e is a tube-covering. c isa plug, and b is the Whip-stock. In the construction of the saidimproved loop-fastening we make a cylindrical tube, d, of any suitablematerial-such as Wood, paper, or metal, or of leatherand plait or braidover it a covering, e, of the usual material employed in covering whips.In forming said covering on the tube We plait it upon a suitable formerateach end, so that it shall be longer than the tube, to provide endsextending beyond each end of said tube, which ends are turned inward, asshown, thus covering and protecting each end of the tube, and

forming a proper finish therefor, and at the same time greatlystrengthening those parts thereof upon which the greatest strain isexerted when the loop is fastened to the tube,4

d, loop a, and plug c more perfect and firm, a

suitable cementl is applied to said parts previous to uniting them asaforesaid. Said plug c is of such length that quite a space is leftbetween its inner end and the opposite end of tube d for the admissioninto the latter of the end of the Whip-stock b, and when the latter isinserted into said tube cement is applied thereto, thereby securing theloop-fastening strongly thereto. The said braided covering on tube d issusceptible of beingvmade very ornamental by the employment therefor ofsuitable multi-colored threads; and the loop-fastenings may be braidedto correspond with the general finish of the Whips which they areintended to be used upon.

We are aware that it is not new to construct a loop-fastening for a Whipby securinga lashloop into a ferrule by a plug, and We do not claim,broadly, such construction 5 but What we claim as our invention is;-

A whip having a lash-loop fastening consisting of the tip-ferruled,having the braided covering e, the ends -of which are folded inward atthe ends of said ferrule, and ofthe loop a, having its ends secured inone end of said ferrule by the plug c, substantially as described.

HENRY MULLEN. JAMES NOBLE, JR.

Witnesses J. R. DUNBAR, L. Gv. ATWATEE.

